Spirent Landslide's 10.5 release release adds many new features and functions including significant improvements for 3G, 4G/LTE mobility testing including a new command mode sequencer. The release also adds a new Wi-Fi Offload Gateway test case to address this new class of device.
- Supports both the Landslide 7100 Appliance Platform and the Spirent TestCenter mX and mXP Modules
- Enables testing of Wi-Fi offload gateways by emulating thousands of mobile subscribers and thousands of emulated wi-fi access points
- Includes latest updates for 3GPP Release 9 (March and June 2011)
- With Command Mode Sequencer can simulate a group of mobiles traversing a network
Landslide 10.5
Release Highlights:
Software
3G & 4G Mobility
Requires related Test Application Licenses
- March 2011 and June 2011 3GPP Release 9 specification updates
- IMS Emergency PDN support
- Gx usage monitor feature for PCRF
- LTE Phase 7 with enhancements to MME Nodal, SGW Nodal and PGW Nodal testing
- Circuit Switched Fallback Suspend/Resume
- SCTP Multi-homing on S1-MME and S6a interfaces
- SCTP retry for failed links
- PGW nodal Mobility (SGW relocations and Session Loading with Mobility)
- SGW Nodal to emulate multiple PGWs
- eHRPD to LTE I-RAT handovers
- On Demand Commands for UMTS
Command Mode Sequencer
Requires L-SB-006 or L-SB-007 licenses and related Test Applications
- Model mobile behavior for groups of UEs
- Create pre-define a sequence of events simulating mobiles traversing a network and using services per group
- Multiple sequences and groups can be put together to emulate a diverse network of users and devices
- Ideal for Busy Hour Call Modeling
Wi-Fi Offload Test Case
Requires L-APP-038 Landslide WIFI Offload GW Test Application License
- Emulate 150 thousand UEs and 150 thousand Access Points per test server
- Support for Ethernet bridging, and Ethernet tunneling via VLAN or MPLS tags
- Support for full 3GPP authentication
- Intra- and Inter- Access Point Mobility
- GGSN, PGW, AAA, HSS, HLR Emulation as required
Data Enhancements
Requires related Test Application Licenses
- HTTPS support
- Generic TLS support
- HTTP redirect
- Enhanced data refresh with Avalanche 3.80
- Enhanced DMF support for Rating Groups
- Multiple enhanced DMFs per UE
- New capture import wizard for the advanced data application simplifies creation of mobile application traffic profiles
Usability Improvements
- Traffic Viewer/Mixer
- Display estimated TX/RX bandwidth per mobile by DMF traffic profile
- User definable grouping for charting
- Interactive Network Diagrams
- Network diagram displays all IP address or physical interfaces for nodes during test
- User can select to edit
- Blue indicates devices being emulated and Green indicates devices being tested
Supported Hardware
- Landslide Appliance
- Spirent TestCenter mX and mXP modules
- See the release notes for further details